Gray Area

Welcome to the Gray Area.

What is the status of AI-generated content, in terms of intellectual property? Can we apply our standard licensing policy when we use an AI to generate content? In other words, can AI content be published under Creative Commons?

It's an interesting question. AI-generated content is not copyrightable under current U.S. copyright law. Creative Commons licenses are built on top of copyright law. Since AI-generated content is not copyrightable, it technically cannot be licensed under Creative Commons.

As we know, this legal landscape is still evolving. AI-generated content is currently presumed to be in the public domain. To be forward-thinking, we have developed this page as a placeholder. A gray area! If there are any updates that affect this situation, we'll aim to post them here.